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Special Areas of Discussion Dr. Otto Wiesheu (l.), DB Board Member for Economic and Political Affairs, and DB CEO Hartmut Mehdorn (r.) contributed to the discussion on different regulatory approaches in Germany and Europe. Controversial debate on regulatory measures At the third symposium “Competition and Regulation in the Rail Sector” staged by Humboldt University Berlin and DB, well-known experts discussed the different viewpoints of the regulator and the railway undertakings. The focus was on opening the long-distance rail passenger market as from 2010. In January 2009, 150 experts discussed the regulatory policy and its consequences for day-to-day business operations at the symposium “Competition and Regulation in the Rail Sector” in Berlin. Dr. Iris Henseler- Unger, Vice-President of the Federal Network Agency, announced that the Agency would define its investigation standards more precisely. She further demanded new powers for the Agency to review charges in the form of a performance regime, as the provisions of railway law lagged behind the other sectors in that respect. Dr. Otto Wiesheu, Member of the DB Management Board for Economic and Political Affairs, replied that on the basis of regulatory experience in the telecommunications and postal industry, the legislator had deliberately set different standards in railway law. The panel also discussed the level of infrastructure and station charges and their contribution to financing high-quality infrastructure. Michael Harting, assistant head of department at the Federal Ministry of Transport, referred to the Performance and Financing Agreement which had come into force in January 2009, commenting that the effects of that agreement had to be awaited and that it was not yet necessary to introduce an additional performance regime. Professor Lars Hendrik Röller, President of the European School of Management and Technology, presented the findings of a study on cooperation in the long-distance rail passenger market conducted on behalf of DB in 2008. The study revealed that more attention had to be paid to competition between rail and plane when assessing the effects of alliances on competition. Such alliances have long since been practised in aviation, as they can offer more flexible fares on international connections, or better coordination of flight schedules, both of which improve efficiency and make the products far more attractive for customers. Joachim Fried, DB Management Representative for Competition, demanded binding market regulation for all EU Member States. In France, for example, regulation exists in the books, but is not sufficiently implemented in practice. Fried appealed to the representatives of the EU Commission at the symposium to settle simple competition infringements quickly, adding that for the market players, faith in dependable framework conditions was a vital criterion for market access. Dr. Axel Sondermann, Chairman of the Management Board of Veolia Verkehr, and Karl Michael Mohnsen, CEO of TX Logistics, reported on practical business matters on behalf of the foreign transport undertakings which are active in Germany. Both speakers made it clear that the companies were more concerned with minor day-to-day subjects such as train path rejections, price changes and disruptions, rather than the general framework conditions. In that connection, Sondermann and Mohnsen suggested intensive dialogue in partnership with DB Netz AG. Photo: Bernd Lammel Competitor regional rail passenger networks Timetable 2009 Correct at: 31.01.2009 Flensburg NOB DB networks awarded in competitive procedures Heide other regional networks SHB 50 51 NOB NOB Kiel Neumünster NBE Rostock DB DB OLA Stralsund PRESS Annex Cuxhaven Wilhelmshaven Emden NWB ME Bremerhaven EVB DB OLA ODEG Leer Arriva NL NWB Oldenburg NWB Bremen ME ME ME NEB ODEG NEB Rheine Osnabrück OLA ODEG Gronau WFB WFB DB Bielefeld ERB Hameln ERB PEG NWB Münster ERB WFB HEX Emmerich Dorsten NWB ME Hamm NWB PEG Lünen Paderborn BLB Duisburg Dortmund DB Arnsberg Essen Mönchen- ABR RT gladbach RBE Hagen Düsseldorf ABR DB KHB CAN DB Aachen DB TR HTB STB VEC ESB OLA HEX BLB MRB CBC FEG EGB ODEG ODEG SBE DB DB VEC EB TR DB HLB DB DB VIAS DB DB DB VBG VBG VBG/RBG RBG AVG WEG DB WEG OSB HZL BSB DB HZL HZL SBB DB VBG DB BRB DB VBG BOB BZB Düren Lübeck Wismar Hamburg Schwerin Neubrandenburg Pasewalk Cloppenburg Nienburg Soltau Celle Lüneburg Uelzen Wittenberge Stendal Pritzwalk Neustrelitz Templin Eberswalde Berlin Hannover Wolfsburg Braunschweig Potsdam Brandenburg Frankfurt/O. Hildesheim Halberstadt Göttingen Nordhausen Kassel Mühlhausen Eisenach Köln Siegen Bebra Erfurt Dillenburg Bonn Altenkirchen Gießen Fulda Magdeburg Jüterbog Lutherstadt Wittenberg Halle Leipzig Dresden Freiberg Gera Chemnitz Zwickau Cottbus Görlitz Zittau Key to RUs: ABR – Abellio Rail NRW GmbH Arriva NL – Arriva Nederland AVG – Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft mbH Koblenz Limburg Wiesbaden Frankfurt/M. Coburg Traben- Mainz Schweinfurt Trarbach Darmstadt Bamberg Trier Alzey Würzburg Mannheim Heidelberg Kaiserslautern Rothenburg Saarbrücken o.d. Tauber Karlsruhe Heilbronn Hof Bayreuth Nürnberg Regensburg BLB – Burgenlandbahn (DB RegioNetz Verkehrs GmbH) BOB – Bayerische Oberlandbahn GmbH BRB – Bayerische Regiobahn GmbH BSB – Breisgau-S-Bahn GmbH BZB – Bayerische Zugspitzbahn Bergbahn AG CAN – cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH CBC – City-Bahn-Chemnitz GmbH EB – Erfurter Bahn GmbH EGB – Erzgebirgsbahn (DB RegioNetz Verkehrs GmbH) ERB – eurobahn (Keolis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG) ESB – Elbe-Saale-Bahn (DB RegioNetz Verkehrs GmbH) EVB – Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser GmbH FEG – Freiberger Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH (Rhenus Veniro GmbH & Co. KG) HEX – HarzElbeExpress (Veolia Verkehr Sachen-Anhalt GmbH) Cham HLB – Hessische Landesbahn GmbH HTB – Hellertalbahn GmbH HZL – Hohenzollerische Landesbahn AG KHB – Kurhessenbahn (DB RegioNetz Verkehrs GmbH) ME – metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH Zwiesel MRB – Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn (Veolia Verkehr Regio Ost GmbH) Baden-Baden Stuttgart Freudenstadt Offenburg Tübingen Villingen Freiburg Friedrichshafen Konstanz Basel Aalen Ulm Kempten Lindau Donauwörth Ingolstadt Augsburg München Garmisch- Partenkirchen Landshut Rosenheim NBE – nordbahn Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH NEB – Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn Betriebsgesellschaft mbH Deggendorf NOB – Nord-Ostsee-Bahn GmbH Passau NWB – NordWestBahn GmbH ODEG – Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn GmbH OLA – Ostseeland Verkehr GmbH OSB – Ortenau-S-Bahn GmbH PEG – Prignitzer Eisenbahn GmbH PRESS – Eisenbahn-Bau- und Betriebsgesellschaft Pressnitztalbahn mbH RBE – Rheinisch-Bergische Eisenbahn GmbH RBG – Regental-Bahnbetriebs-GmbH RT – RegioTram Betriebsgesellschaft mbH SBB – SBB GmbH SBE – Sächsisch-Böhmische Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH SHB – Schleswig-Holstein-Bahn GmbH STB – SüdThüringenBahn GmbH TR – trans regio Deutsche Regionalbahn GmbH VBG – Vogtlandbahn GmbH VEC – vectus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH VIAS – VIAS GmbH WEG – Württembergische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft mbH WFB – WestfalenBahn GmbH NB: The map does not show museum or mountain railways. All lines show the transport undertakings which actually operate. As some of them provide services on behalf of other players, the map does not show the contractual relationships of the RUs with ordering authorities and customers. Source: Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Schienenpersonennahverkehr, 2009
52 Annex Rail markets in Europe are open to different degrees. The liberalisation of European freight transport has already made good progress, whereas the liberalisation of European passenger transport is far less well developed. There are fundamentally no uniform market access conditions in the EU, as high market barriers continue to exist de facto in some countries. 2007 Rail Liberalisation Index – Freight Transport 1000 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 2007 Rail Liberalisation Index – Passenger Transport 1000 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 908 Sweden SE 809 Germany DE 887 Netherlands NL 798 Great Britain GB 852 Austria AT 757 Denmark DK 848 Great Britain GB 742 Sweden SE 848 Switzerland CH 732 Netherlands NL 844 Germany 727 Austria Source: IBM Global Business Services and Kirchner, 2007 Rail Liberalisation Index DE AT 836 Norway NO 692 Poland PL 811 Denmark DK 679 Czech Republic CZ 798 Czech Republic CZ 667 Estonia EE 797 Romania RO 662 Switzerland CH 797 Portugal PT 650 Romania RO 786 Poland PL 643 Slovakia SK 785 Spain ES 624 Lithuania LT 780 Belgium BE 619 Portugal PT 761 Bulgaria BG 617 Italy IT 756 Slovakia SK 585 Slovenia SI 744 Lithuania LT 576 Latvia LV 743 Slovenia SI 574 Norway NO 740 Hungary HU 557 Bulgaria BG 734 Italy IT 540 Finland FI 733 Latvia LV 533 Hungary HU 732 Finland FI 518 Belgium BE 727 France FR 486 Spain ES 727 Estonia EE 474 Luxembourg LU 690 Greece GR 431 France FR 688 Luxembourg LU 429 Greece GR 458 Ireland IE 206 Ireland IE
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